I pulled into the parking lot off Cliff near 69th on a Wednesday night when I should've been home working on a deck for a client in Tea — but I'd been thinking about their Blizzards since lunch and sometimes you have to listen to those cravings.
B&G Milkyway isn't trying to be anything other than what it is — a solid local spot for soft serve and burgers that's been holding down this stretch of Cliff for years. The kind of place where families show up after soccer games in Hartford, where teenagers cluster around pickup trucks in summer, where you can get a decent meal without the performance of downtown dining.
I ordered a bacon cheeseburger and a turtle Blizzard through the drive-thru because it was 40 degrees and I'm not a hero. The burger came hot — actually hot, not lukewarm fast food hot — with crisp edges on the patty and enough grease to feel honest about what you're eating. The Blizzard was thick enough that I had to wait in the parking lot with the car running, letting it soften before my spoon would cooperate.
What I appreciate is the lack of pretense. They're not reinventing ice cream or claiming to source beef from some mythical pasture where cows do yoga at sunrise. It's straightforward food done right — burgers that taste like burgers, shakes that don't try to be milkshakes and smoothies and protein supplements all at once.
The only thing I'll say is that the order screen can be hard to read in direct sun — I've been there at 2pm squinting like I need new glasses, trying to make out whether they still have the cookie dough option. Small thing, but you notice it when you're fourth in line and everyone's taking their time.
Still, when I want ice cream on the south side and don't feel like driving all the way to 41st, this is where I end up. Simple equation — good product, fair price, no confusion about what you're getting.
— Grace
I ordered a bacon cheeseburger and a turtle Blizzard through the drive-thru because it was 40 degrees and I'm not a hero.